Improvising Religion
Scripture Reference (NIV): Genesis 1.1-5 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. God saw that the […]
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Threads of Humanity
Ecclesiastes 4.7-12 (CEB): Next, I saw under the sun something else that was pointless: There are people who are utterly alone, with no companions, not even a child or a sibling. Yet they work hard without end, never satisfied with their wealth. So for whom am I working so hard and depriving myself of enjoyment? […]
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Rediscovering Wisdom
Sirach 24.1-22 (CEB): Wisdom will praise herself, and she will boast in the midst of her people. In the assembly of the Most High, she will open her mouth, and in the presence of God’s heavenly forces, she will boast: “I came forth from the mouth of the Most High, and I covered the earth […]
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Harmonizing
Scripture Reference John 1.1-5 (CEB): In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God. The Word was with God in the beginning. Everything came into being through the Word, and without the Word nothing came into being. What came into being through the Word was life, and […]
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Everybody Plays The Fool
Psalm 14.1-6 (CEB): Fools say in their hearts, “There is no God.” They are corrupt and do evil things; not one of them does anything good. The Lord looks down from heaven on humans to see if anyone is wise, to see if anyone seeks God, but all of them have turned bad. Everyone is […]
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Intuiting God
Philippians 1.9-10 (CEB): This is my prayer: that your love might become even more and more rich with knowledge and all kinds of insight. I pray this so that you will be able to decide what really matters and so you will be sincere and blameless on the day of Christ. Philippians is an amalgamation […]
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Revisiting The Love Frequency
Proverbs 4.20-27 (CEB): My child, pay attention to my words. Bend your ear to my speech. Don’t let them slip from your sight. Guard them in your mind. They are life to those who find them, and healing for their entire body. More than anything you guard, protect your mind, for life flows from it. […]
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Lovecasting
When I was a kid, television was only about a decade old. Shows were in black and white, broadcast over the air, and nothing was on 24-hours. There were times you’d turn on the TV and get nothing but “snow,” a Poltergeisty, white-noise static. These days we can’t get away from broadcasting. Instead of three […]
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Transcending Transaction
For the past few weeks, I’ve been deconstructing American Christian ideology. Today, I’d like to think with you about another aspect of the Upside-Down Gospel, transactional theology. We’re all familiar with transactional theology, the idea that if we give God a token of some sort or believe a certain way, or our faith is strong […]
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The Upside-Down Gospel
On the TV show Stranger Things there is an alternate universe called “The Upside Down.” I hate that I have to say this, but it is not literally an upside-down version of this world, where everyone walks on ceilings, houses hang from the sky and trees sprout from clouds. Instead, the Upside Down is an […]
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